Zeus Corp , lunch time
"Hey Emilia we are heading out for lunch now do you want to join us." One of her collegeus asked her.
"No thanks. Maybe tomorrow, there is still something I have to finish first before I can head out."Emilia replied smiling
"How can that be!! You can't disregard your health for work you know. You need to take a break and eat."
"Thanks for your concern, but I'm fine really . I brought lunch today see." Emilia replied lifting up her lunch to show her so that he will not worry.
"Oh ok then" he said not planning to force it. "Then I'll see you after lunch then bye." Leaving to catch up with the others.
"Bye" Emilia waved turning back to face her screen after she saw that he was gone.
Once every one was gone Emilia opened a picture she had sent to her computer earlier that morning to her computer. It was the picture of the blue flower that appeared on her neck when she was in contact with plants.
Since she did not get a chance to take a good look at it earlier she decided to check it out now.
Once the picture opened Emilia took her time to take a good look at the flower before her. This was the first time Emilia had gotten a clear look at the flower and she was amazed to find out that she knew this flower. At first she had thought that since the appearance of the flower on her body was quite mysterious then it would take some effort before she found out what it was. But to her shock it was actually a quite common flower. The flower that looked delicate and elegantly Noble was actually the plumeria.
The plumeria plants which are also known as Lei flower and Frangipani are actually small trees which are located in tropical areas. The flowers of this beautiful plant are highly fragrant and bloom freely through spring into autumn. These flowers usual come in the colours white pink yellow and red but not this one.
Though this flower looked similar to normal plumeria's it varied quite a bit from normal but then again it's not like she was looking at a normal plant but a magically appearing flower so it should be different from normal ,right?
The plumeria she was looking at was dark blue with a goldish-whitish pistil (center). The color of the flower made it look elegant and noble which was fascinating and Emilia couldn't get enough of it's beautiful. But the colour was not the only thing that attracted her attention but the golden vines that lined the edges of the flower petals and headed towards the pistil
"Incredible. But why is it here, a flower shouldn't have magically shown up on my body out of nowhere so what is it's purpose?"
While trying to figure out what the purpose of this flower was Emilia went on to search about the flower to see if there was anything special about it.
From her search Emilia found that the plumeria itself represented birth, love, spring and new beginnings.
"New beginnings huh, as in a new chance of life. Does this flower represent my new chance at life. The second chance of striving to survive, is that why this flower appeared on me, to act as a symbol of my life. Birth, is this referring to rebirth. I have been reborn not only physically but also in spirit. I feel like I'm stronger as a whole , with my experience before it seems I've become calmer than before, more mature if I have to say so myself. As for love, that one seems more obvious. Not only do I have my son back but I've also gotten married this time around. My family is also back together, if anything my love seems to have become a success in this life." Emilia said to herself, referencing her life after rebirth to the meaning of the flower.
'This flower , why does it speak so much about my life? It's incredible.'
Reading further Emilia saw something that greatly interested her. 'Plumeria are also great survivors, being able to survive in drought, great heat, neglect and insect and pest attacks'
"If this flower really represents my life in this life them this part should mean that I'm going to survive the turbulent times ahead. I'm starting to like this flower more and more now."
While Emilia was engrossed with looking at the flower , Manager Wang who was walking by happened to see her so her came in to speak to her.
"Cough Ms Lu" he greeted
"Oh!" Emilia was shocked onto her feet. "Ah Manager Wang it's you, cough, how can I help you?"
"Why aren't you at lunch?" Manager Wang asked her.
"I brought lunch from home today and I had something to do so I didn't go out. Was there something you needed me to do for you sir?" Emilia quickly replied.
"No I didn't need anything from you in particular I just happened to see you here when I was passing by. But now that I have you here I might as well just inform you now. That position you applied for in S City eight months ago, is now open and the transfer papers have all been handled . And I'm sure you would have already sorted out housing issues since it's been a while since you applied so you can report to work from S City next Monday." He said
Transfer? Oh right now I remember. About eight months ago when Emilia had just started planning for the apocalypse Emilia had applied to be transferred to the Zeus group in S City so that she could have a valuable reason as to why she was moving there. And not just moving because of the apocalypse. But since a lot had happened with Ling Xiao and her family, she had actually forgotten all about it. But thinking about it now it seems like applying for that change back then was actually a good move on her part.
Before since it was just her and Ling Qin moving was not such a complicated ordeal and she could come up with some random nonsense for them to move. But things were different now that she was married. She couldn't just decide for the family to just up and move to another city with no good reason.
This transfer on the other hand will make it easier for her when it came to telling the others about moving to S City. It could also explain why she bought a house in S City and why it was so fully furnished and had gone under renovation. All that could now be easily explained as her preparing to make that house their future permanent home.
It made things so convenient now, and since she had to check in next Monday, it could ensure that they had moved into the little fortress in time for the lockdown. If she could move there soon and then strategize carefully, she could have her parents and brother attend her "housewarming party" at a chosen day that would ensure that her parents were there with her once the lockdown was initiated. That way she could get her parents to move to S City in time of the apocalypse without having to take a long time explaining about her rebirth and the apocalypse. It was literally killing two birds with one stone.
Plus right before lockdown the government will urge people to buy lots of food for themselves to eat during the lockdown, she could take this chance to gather more resources for her family during this period. She could explain that the reason she had lots of resources already was that her friend that worked for the government tipped her about it in advance so she had more time to prepare. And if the apocalypse does not come as planned she would not have moved to S City in vain since she would still have a job, and since Ling Xiao's main base of operations is in S city this move would also make it more convenient for him.
The way everything was just falling into place freaked her out a bit.
"Cough, Ms Lu" Manager Wang called out when he saw Emilia spacing out a bit. "You do still want this transfer right?" He asked a bit skeptical.
"What?! No No I do still want it, I had forgotten it for a bit so it took me a while to get my thoughts in order but yes I do still want it. Everything is already sorted on my side so I definitely will be able to check in on Monday ." Emilia said once she got herself back together.
"Oh right then I won't disturb you any further so I'll be going . Bye." Manager Wang said as he turned to leave.
"Bye sir, and thank you" Emilia waved at him
Hah everything has now been sorted out. All I need to do now is to wait and let the apocalypse come.